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How to prebook Apex Legends Book: Path Finder’s Quest

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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How to prebook Apex Legends Book: Path Finder’s Quest

The first Apex Legends’ Book: Pathfinder’s Quest is out for pre-order with release date set for 2nd February 2021.

Manny Hagopian, Tom Casiello, and Ashley Reed have put in the effort to make a masterpiece of lore. The book revolves around Pathfinder, with the Robot looking for a way to find his creator. With several other characters involved, the book will feature critical information about the Legends which will pave the way for future books.

The is available for pre-order over at Amazon costing $24 and $40 for Kindle and the Paperback respectively.

“Explore the world of the hit game through the eyes of the lovable robot, Pathfinder, as he chronicles his journey throughout the various environs of the Outlands to interview his fellow Legends–all in the hope of finally locating his mysterious creator.

The rich history of Apex Legends is explained by the characters that helped to shape it, as are their unique bonds of competition and camaraderie” as described by Amazon.

This is a unique opportunity for Apex players to get their hands on the first lore book. Given the hype that is built already, the book will run out before it is released. You can always get a Kindle version but owning the paperback of the first lore book is something meaningful for a lot of fans.

Valorant Patch 1.14 Night Market: How It Works

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Patch 1.14 Night Market: How It Works

The highly anticipated Valorant patch 1.14 is here, and alongside other heavily demanded features, it also brings with it a new addition called the ‘Night Market’. The Night Market aims to provide Valorant players with discounted skins for random weapons.

Previously, a lot of Valorant players have raised repeated complaints about the high price of skins in the competitive shooter by Riot. This might be the reason behind the introduction of Night Market, which cuts the cost of Premium and Deluxe skins by a percentage of its original price.

The Night Market will be effective from 10th December, and it may require some luck by the players to obtain a discount on their favorite skin through the lottery-like system.

The Night Market randomly chooses six Premium or Deluxe weapon skins to provide a discount. However, once a slot is locked on a skin, that slot can’t be re-used again till the player buys that weapon skin at the discounted rate first. In case you don’t want a skin that you drew, your best bet is to draw another slot and hope to get a discount on the skin you want.

The Night Market will never offer you a discount on an entire bundle, but only single skins from a bundle.

With the BlastX and Winter Wonderland skin bundles just around the corner, players might want to try out their luck on obtaining skins from one of these two bundles on the Night Market.

Cyberpunk 2077 Official Release Times by Region

Prateek Jain
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Cyberpunk 2077 Official Release Times by Region

With just a day left for the release, the wait to play CD Projekt Red’s latest and greatest open-world RPG, Cyberpunk 2077 inches closer. Players can already pre-load the game on GOG, Epic, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. After downloading and installing the 57.3 GB game, you will most probably be greeted by a day 1 patch before you can actually hop into Night City and start exploring it. Let’s check out the Cyberpunk 2077 release time by region.

Cyberpunk 2077 System Requirements

Here’s a look at the official Cyberpunk 2077 release time by region:

  • New York: December 9 at 7 pm EST
  • Los Angeles: December 9 at 4 pm PST
  • Mexico City: December 9 at 6 pm CST
  • Brazil: December 9 at 9 pm BRT
  • Paris: December 10 at 1 am CET
  • Moscow: December 10 at 3 am MSK
  • Singapore: December 10 at 8 am SGT
  • Tokyo: December 10 at 9 am JST
  • Seoul: December 10 at 9 am KST
  • Sydney: December 10 at 11 am AEDT’
  • India: December 10 at 5:30 am IST

These timings are for Digital Edition versions only, i.e. for PC gamers and console players with digital copies. Console gamers who purchased the physical copies can hope into the game as soon as they receive their physical copies.

While it’s good that the game is releasing at the same time worldwide but due at the same time this has caused some inconvenience for fans in countries like India, France, and Moscow, where the game officially goes live after midnight.

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Here are the notes and updates for League of Legends Patch 10.25

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Here are the notes and updates for League of Legends Patch 10.25

The final major update for League of Legends in 2020 comes in form of Patch 10.25 with a lot to be excited about. Other than optimization, bug fixes and a number of champion updates, item shifts, and new skins are introduced. Players already got a taste of it while testing on the PBE and now its live.

Here’s everything changed in the freshly introduced patch:

League of Legends Patch 10.25: Full List of Item Changes

General Items

The Collector

  • All enemy targets except epic monsters and turrets ⇒ Enemy champions

Muramana

  • Procs on all abilities and basic attacks ⇒ Procs on abilities that deal physical damage and basic attacks
  • Re-added the star particle that would appear when Manamune transforms into Muramana

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

  • Now converts your crit chance to on-hit damage, leaving you with 0% crit chance

Zeke’s Convergence

  • Health: 300 ⇒ 250
  • Armor: 30 ⇒ 25
  • Convergence Mark Duration: 4 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
  • Convergence Bonus Damage: 25-50 ⇒ 30-70

Seeker’s Armguard

  • Ability Power: 30 ⇒ 20

Jungle Starter Items

Hailblade

  • Basic attacks no longer grant one tick of damage

Emberknife

  • Basic attacks no longer grant one tick of damage

Support Items

Bandleglass Mirror

  • Cost: 365 gold ⇒ 265 gold

Chemtech Putrifier

  • Cost: 450 gold ⇒ 550 gold (with the above cost change, total cost is unchanged)

Ardent Censer

  • Build Path: Forbidden Idol + Blasting Wand + 650 gold ⇒ Forbidden Idol + Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + 630 gold

Staff of Flowing Water

  • Build Path: Forbidden Idol + Blasting Wand + 650 gold ⇒ Forbidden Idol + Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + 630 gold

Imperial Mandate

  • Total Cost: 2700 gold ⇒ 2500 gold
  • Damage: 60-100 ⇒ 36-60
  • Ally Damage: 60-100 ⇒ 90-150

Moonstone Renewer

  • Total Cost: 2700 gold ⇒ 2500 gold
  • Improved particle visuals when in combat
  • Starlit Grace Heal: 60-90 (based on ally’s level) ⇒ 70-100 (based on ally’s level)
  • Starlit Grace Heal Multiplier in Combat: 25% per second (max 100%) ⇒ 12.5% per second (max 50%)

Locket of the Iron Solari

  • Total Cost: 2700 gold ⇒ 2500 gold
  • Devotion Shield: 250-420 ⇒ 230-385

Shurelya’s Battlesong

  • Total Cost: 2700 gold ⇒ 2500 gold
  • Inspire Bonus Damage: 40-60 (based on ally’s level) ⇒ 35-55 (based on ally’s level)

Critical Strike Items

Galeforce

  • Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
  • Cloudburst Cooldown: 90 seconds ⇒ 60 seconds

Typhoon

  • Attack Damage: 75 ⇒ 80

Essence Reaver

  • Attack Damage: 50 ⇒ 55

Zeal

  • Total Cost: 1200 gold ⇒ 1050 gold

Rapid Firecannon

  • Total Cost: 2700 gold ⇒ 2500 gold

Phantom Dancer

  • Total Cost: 2700 gold ⇒ 2500 gold

Mortal Reminder

  • Total Cost: 2900 gold ⇒ 3000 gold
  • Attack Damage: 30 ⇒ 40

Lord Dominik’s Regards

  • Attack Damage: 30 ⇒ 35

Infinity Edge

  • Infinity Edge no longer grants critical strike damage scaling with critical strike chance (max 40% at 100% crit chance)
  • If you have at least 60% critical strike chance, Infinity Edge now grants 35% Critical Strike Damage

Mana Mythics

Luden’s Tempest

  • Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 20
  • Magic Penetration: 10 ⇒ 6

Everfrost

  • Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 20

Lethality Mythics

Duskblade of Draktharr

  • Nightstalker’s on-hit slow is now only applied with melee basic attacks (just like before 10.23)
  • Improved visibility when champion becomes stealthed

Eclipse

  • Ever Rising Moon Shield: 100 (+30% bonus AD) ⇒ 75 (+20% bonus AD)

Tank Items

Bami’s Cinder

  • Total Cost: 1000 gold ⇒ 1100 gold

Sunfire Aegis

  • Health: 450 ⇒ 350

Frostfire Gauntlet

  • Snowbind Frost Field Range: 275 ⇒ 250
  • Mythic Increased Size: 7.5% ⇒ 6% (Reminder that Immolate and Snowbind’s effect ranges also scale with your champion’s size)

Turbo Chemtank

  • Supercharged Slow Duration: 2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds

Valorant Winter Wonderland skin bundle: Photos, Release Date and More

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Winter Wonderland skin bundle: Photos, Release Date and More

It has only been a few days since the arrival of the ‘Sensation’ weapon skin bundle to Valorant, and data miners seem to have already managed to dig up game files for images of an upcoming Valorant Winter Wonderland gun skin collection that may come to the competitive shooter sometime this winter.

Popular Valorant data miner ‘Valorant Leaks’ on Twitter has revealed the images of all the skins included in the upcoming ‘Winter Wonderland’ weapon skin bundle. As you can already guess from its name, the bundle consists of winter-themed skins, with the melee weapon being replaced by a cane.

Also Read | Valorant BlastX Skin Bundle: Release Date and Photos

At the point when players are in the shadow, they will be welcomed with a comfortable looking night-themed picture with certain houses in winter covered with lights. However, in the event that you are under direct daylight, the skins will show similar houses in clear light shrouded in snow.

Listed below is what the bundle includes:

Valorant Winter Wonderland Bundle Skins:

  • Ghost
  • Vandal
  • Phantom
  • Marshal
  • Melee

Here are all the skins of the upcoming ‘Winter Wonderland’ as revealed by the dataminer:

Ghost

Marshall

Vandal

Phantom

Valorant Candy Cane knife

candy cane valorant

Valorant Winter Wonderland price:

TBA

Winter Wonderland release date:

TBA

CSPPA refuse communication and video access for CSGO BLAST Premier Fall Finals

Abhishek Bajaj
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CSPPA refuse communication and video access for CSGO BLAST Premier Fall Finals

The official body representing players, CSPPA, have issued a statement iterating their refusal to share video access and access to active in-game communication to BLAST for their Premier Fall Finals.

The representative body stated that they have made their discomfort for the above requisitions known to BLAST and have attempted to open a dialogue that allows it to service both the parties. However, BLAST have not paid heed to the attempt, as per CSPPA.

According to their statement, the communications stores by BLAST on earlier occasions had made way to analysts, which was undesirable and thus, the players do not feel safe with sharing their voice chats, which are personal and also reveal a lot of tactical data.

Another reason cited by CSPPA is that sharing so many things and recording them separately might gravely affect the performance of the PCs. However, this reason has been met with sarcasm by most, with just about every reply stating the PCs should be more than equipped to handle these things.

Another point raised by many, including caster Mohan ‘launders’ Govindaswamy that this statement should not be issued merely an hour before the start of the Fall Finals. The issue of this being in the contracts they signed with BLAST has also been raised and it does paint a rather grim picture for CSPPA in their attempt to get their way with these demands.

CSPPA are well within their rights to demand a safer ecosystem that enables and ensures privacy of the shared data and prevents it from falling in the hands of analysts and more. But, the manner of it all is somewhat dubious, with BLAST given a small window to negotiate, if at all, for the said items on the agenda before the start.

This already caused a delay in the start of the BLAST Premier Fall Finals and fans would hope the situation is sorted amicably for all the parties involved.

India will be the fifth country in Asia to have its own version of PUBG Mobile

Divyesh Moghe
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India will be the fifth country in Asia to have its own version of PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile is extremely successful around the globe but the road has been very tricky to date. PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds was converted into the portable PUBG Mobile back in 2018 and even though the game was available globally, it faced certain hurdles in some regions. Recently, India was added to that list as the global variant will be replaced by a local version very soon.

PUBG Mobile currently has localized versions in five different regions namely China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, and India. Although PUBG Mobile India is yet to be launched, the other four versions have been running for a long time.

According to Wikipedia, PUBG Mobile was waiting for approval in China for a long time and after some alterations, Tencent launched Game for Peace that met China’s content restrictions, such as eliminating blood and gore.

Similarly, the other three regions also have their own version of PUBG Mobile due to some unknown issues. India has joined the ranks to become the fifth Asian country to have its own PUBG Mobile. The game was banned in India due to user privacy and data security concerns and after a period of two months, it made a comeback in the country but still, the road to launch looks rocky.

PUBG Mobile India Timeline

PUBG MOBILE INDIA DETAILS:

The official announcement about the return of PUBG Mobile in India had a lot in store for the gaming and esports ecosystem in India. The release not only confirmed the comeback but also revealed a bunch of big updates. PUBG Mobile India is confirmed to have a green bloodstain effect and this feature is already available in the Korean version. Furthermore, the underage player base will face a time-limit to ensure health welfare. The user interface will also be slightly tweaked and the usual background will be changed to a virtual simulation training ground.

Apart from PUBG Mobile return, Krafton as a whole is entering India to set-up for a sustainable future in the country. The company revealed its plans to invest $100M in the country to contribute to the development of the Indian video game, esports, IT, and entertainment industries.

Krafton will establish a branch office in India and employ at least 100 people specializing in game development, business, and esports. This can be the company’s first step to set-up in India for the long haul. These investments will also largely contribute to the upcoming PUBG Mobile esports league in the country. This will be the first and biggest PUBG Mobile tournament with a league structure exclusively formatted for India.

PUBG MOBILE INDIA LAUNCH DATE SPECULATIONS

A large part of the community was constantly speculating one of the other launch dates for PUBG Mobile’s return in India. PUBG India revealed some teasers to hype up the news of its return in the country. Some prominent faces from the PUBG Mobile community were seen in this series of teasers and one of them, Kronten Gaming speculated that the game may return in India by 20th November but the official release is pending to date.

DATA MIGRATION BETWEEN PUBG MOBILE AND PUBG MOBILE INDIA

Several clips went viral on social media where claims were made that the user data from PUBG Mobile is being transferred to the PUBG Mobile India servers. This was one of the biggest revelations as the user data comprised of many valuable things. Some players had a skin inventory worth thousands of dollars and the normal stats and ranking information was also of utmost importance for every PUBG Mobile player.

This transfer could have solved these problems as players could just access their old accounts instead of creating a new one for the newly developed Indian version. No further developments regarding this lead were disclosed.

PUBG MOBILE INDIA SITE HIGHLIGHTS ‘DOWNLOAD’ OPTION

Soon after returning to India, the PUBG Mobile India website was back and working and some users witnessed something on this official site. Some users sighted the ‘Download’ button while scrolling through the website and hence it was speculated that the game would be available on the official site very soon. This, however, did not lead to any solid proofs about the launch itself and no further sightings were observed to date.

Also Read | PUBG Mobile India APK Download Button Appears

Another report suggested that PUBG Mobile India has already received an advanced clearance by Google Play Store and hence, the game would not be stuck in the review phase and will be directly published on its official release.

PUBG INDIA PVT. LTD. APPROVED BY GOVT. OF INDIA

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has approved the registration of PUBG India Pvt. Ltd., a privately held company under the registrar of companies. PUBG Corp. promised to set up a local office in India to overlook the regional operations and this registration was the first step towards achieving that goal.

Krafton also pledged to invest $100M in India to aid the regional office in establishing itself in the entertainment, IT, and video games sectors in India and to hire over 100 employees in the process.

“SELECTIVE INFLUENCERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE GAME” – MAXTERN

A famous PUBG Mobile content creator and influencer named Maxtern posted a tweet in which he stated that few people already have the access to this game and his audience can expect the first look of PUBG Mobile India on his channel. This tweet was deleted soon after it was posted and hence, the credibility of this information is questionable.

THE COMEBACK ROADBLOCKS

PUBG Mobile was banned alongside 117 other apps by MeitY under the pretext of these apps being “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Defense of India and security of the state and public order.” The ban was imposed due to user security and privacy concerns and PUBG Corp. announced the return with these concerns as the top priority. 

All of these measures seemed to be futile when reports suggested that the government won’t budge from their decision of lifting up the ban. According to TOI, their sources stated that the government is not planning to favor the PUBG Mobile return in India. The statement reads, “Unless they address the concerns, it will be difficult to grant any relaxation.”

Another piece of information was revealed after some days where a new report suggested that PUBG Mobile may not return as soon as the community was expecting. Their sources from MeitY stated that “the [PUBG] Corporation or any new entity in India has not been granted any permission to re-start operations in India.” Their source also added that game can not return back in India unless and until they have the permission of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology India to begin the operations.

Until now, these are the developments that took place in the story of PUBG Mobile’s return to India. While some have larger significance than others, most of these parts hint that the game is ready for launch and will be publicly available once the prevailing issues are resolved.

Valorant BlastX Skin Bundle: Release Date and Photos

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Valorant BlastX Skin Bundle: Release Date and Photos

The new ‘Sensation’ skin bundle has just hit the in-game stores of Valorant, and it looks like dataminers have already found out hints towards the next skin bundle in the competitive shooter.

According to Valorant Leaks on Twitter, the upcoming weapon skin collection will be named the ‘BlastX collection’ and will be available to purchase from December 23rd. They have also shared an old image of a skin from the collection. “This is most likely not how the skin looks now, just how it used to look,” they said in a tweet.

Valorant BlastX Showcase

Riot Games also shared a video today through their official Twitter handle that seems to confirm this theory. “Get ready to BLAST,” the caption said.

Valorant Leaks further added that Play Zilla was added as an official sponsor on the Valorant First Strike Liquipedia page.

BLASTX SKIN BUNDLE VALORANT:

Listed below is what the bundle includes:

BLASTX Bundle Skins:

  • Frenzy
  • Phantom
  • Odin
  • Spectre
  • Melee

Valorant BlastX Frenzy

Valorant BlastX Phantom

Valorant BlastX Odin

Valorant BlastX Spectre

Valorant BlastX Variants

BlastX Skin Bundle Valorant

VALORANT BLAST X SKIN BUNDLE Release Date:

In the teaser released by Riot, the video ends with the date 12/23. This goes in accordance with what Valorant Leaks claimed on Twitter – the bundle will release on December 23rd.

No official confirmation has been made by Riot on when will the next skin bundle be available in Valorant. For now, it’s safe to assume that we’ll get to see the BlastX bundle on the above-mentioned date.

Fire x One Punch Man Emote; details inside

The Crew
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Fire x One Punch Man Emote; details inside

Free Fire is making big moves in terms of collaborations and partnerships with other prominent figures around the world. The game is immensely popular in the mobile gaming industry and Garena is setting up extremely well in terms of big crossovers. After their biggest collaboration till date, new leaks suggest that One Punch Man is the next target on the radar of Free Fire.

Free Fire x Ronaldo

Free Fire is a battle-royale game which always surprises its user base with lucrative events. The scale of these events is rising to new levels. One of the earliest collaboration was seen between Free Fire and famous TV show Money Heist. After that, Free Free recently broke all the limits after confirming a global partnership between the game and football star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Now new leaks have surfaced on Reddit which suggest that One Punch Man will be collaborating with Free Fire very soon. A user posted a clip which showcases two emotes which are themed to be of One Punch Man. First one mentions the name ‘Saitama’ which is the protagonist of this show and second one packs a punch in the air which creates a shockwave.

One Punch Man is an anime series which is well-known for its satirical hero who is overpowered and blows away the enemies in a single punch. This collaboration might bring a new character to the game or it could just be for a single event.

Free Fire has not official stated any of such collaboration and it will be interesting to see if these leaks come out to be true or not.

Free Fire One Punch Man Collaboration: All You Need To Know

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire One Punch Man Collaboration: All You Need To Know

Free Fire is making big moves in terms of collaborations and partnerships with other prominent figures around the world. The game is immensely popular in the mobile gaming industry and Garena is setting up extremely well in terms of big crossovers. After their biggest collaboration to date, new leaks suggest that One Punch Man is the next target on the radar of Free Fire.

Free Fire is a battle-royale game that always surprises its user base with lucrative events. The scale of these events is rising to new levels. One of the earliest collaborations was seen between Free Fire and the famous TV show Money Heist. After that, Free Free recently broke all the limits after confirming a global partnership between the game and football star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Now new leaks have surfaced on Reddit which suggests that One Punch Man will be collaborating with Free Fire very soon. A user posted a clip that showcases two emotes which are themed to be of One Punch Man. The first one mentions the name ‘Saitama’ which is the protagonist of this show and the second one packs a punch in the air which creates a shockwave.

free fire one punch man collaborates

One Punch Man is an anime series that is well-known for its satirical hero who is overpowered and blows away the enemies in a single punch. This collaboration might bring a new character to the game or it could just be for a single event.

Free Fire has not official stated any of such collaboration and it will be interesting to see if these leaks come out to be true or not.

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